Storyline
Forced to move to a boring backwater town, a teenager embarks on affairs with a teacher and a stoner classmate.
Directors
Cast
Josh Lucas, Quinn Lord, Genevieve Buechner, Cole Heppell, Jesse Reid, Andie MacDowell, Landon Liboiron, Alex Ferris, Kat Dennings, Luke Camilleri, Bruce Harwood, Rachel Blanchard, Reece Thompson, Ted Whittall, Sean Tyson, Natasha Calis, Connor Stanhope, Scott E. Miller, Calum Worthy, Laura Jacobs, Michelle Creber, Katie Boland, Patricia Isaac
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Reviews
80
Daydream Nation hopscotches forward and backward and in and out of the surreal; its abrupt tangents are announced by chapter headings. In the most complicated sequence the film tracks three characters simultaneously. The cinematography is darkly lush in an ominous "Twin Peaks" mode.
75
Toggling between the tonalities of "Donnie Darko," "Ghost World" and the collected works of David Lynch, the blackly witty Daydream Nation takes its title from a Sonic Youth album.
70
Variety
Charged with alternating currents of teen angst, sardonic wit, nervous dread and impudent sensuality, Daydream Nation suggests "Juno" as reimagined by David Lynch, or a funnier, sunnier "Donnie Darko."
60
Los Angeles Times
A fitfully engaging effort that is most successful as a performance piece for actors Kat Dennings and Reece Thompson.
60
Writer-director Michael Goldbach fills the story with too many distractions, but Dennings, known for "Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist," is feline and fun.
